1909 – Clonmel Town is Quite Irate About Carrick’s Jibes at Her Death Rate
The Nationalist, 13 November 1909 Water. It seems like we’re always falling out over it. The year was 1909, and Clonmel had access to piped water, whilst Carrick on Suir did not. And that was the way one Carrick councillor…
Dunkerrin Parish History Society Journal Launch, 10 November, Obama Plaza
Dunkerrin Parish History Society Journal Launch Dunkerrin Parish History Society's first historical journal, 'Under Crimblin Hill', will be launched in Obama Plaza Moneygall on Friday 10th November at 8pm. All welcome.
1954 – Something More Solemn for Nelson’s Column?
The Tipperary Star, 23 October 1954 The erection of Nelson’s Pillar on Sackville Street in Dublin was completed in 1809, and from that day on it was the preoccupation of many Irish Nationalists as to how they could take…
Tipperary Studies Publishes Tipperary GAA Yearbooks Online
Tipperary Studies Publishes Tipperary GAA Yearbooks Online In 2016 we in Tipperary Studies, the local history department of Tipperary County Council’s Library Service, began digitising our archive of Tipperary GAA Yearbooks, a collection that stretches back over fifty years to…
1895 – Neighbour’s Roguery and Some Cahir Pishoguery
Clonmel Chronicle, 5 October 1895 It was 1895 and Bridget Cleary was a little over 6 months in her grave. That horrific case highlighted the place of "pishogues" - traditional Irish superstition - in the mindset of the Irish peasantry,…
1906 – Match is Cursed as Three Footballs Are Burst
The Nationalist, 29 October 1906 To paraphrase that great aficionado of Gaelic Football, Mr. Oscar Wilde; “To lose one football may be regarded as a misfortune; To lose both looks like carelessness; To lose a third smacks of someone sticking…
1930 – Loughmore’s Sermons About Industrious Germans
The Tipperary Star, 11 October 1930 The Rev. J. Russell of Loughmore was home from a recent trip to Germany, and he liked what he saw there, so much so that he appealed to the people of his parish to…
